{"id":312534,"date":"2019-02-18T11:06:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/drones-just-shut-down-another-huge-airport.php"},"modified":"2019-02-18T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:06:02","slug":"drones-just-shut-down-another-huge-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/drones-just-shut-down-another-huge-airport.php","title":{"rendered":"Drones Just Shut Down Another Huge Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brief Delays<\/h2>

A drone sighting has once again shut down a major airport while officials scrambled to figure out what was going on.<\/p>

This time, the airport in question was Dubai International Airport, one of the largest international airports in the world. After a drone was spotted nearby, the airport suspended all flight activity between 10:13 and 10:45 a.m. local time, according to The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>

Dubai Airports confirms that operations at Dubai International are back to normal after less than 30 minutes of delay due to unauthorized drone activity.<\/p>

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) February 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>

Some Guy<\/h2>

A Dubai official told The WSJ<\/em> that the drone was operated by “a guy in the desert” but didn’t share many more details.<\/p>

The half hour delay is the shortest of three major drone-related airport shutdowns in recent months, but still signals that airports haven’t figured out how to deal with the proliferation of inexpensive drones.<\/p>

Back in December, London’s Gatwick airport canceled about 1,000 flights<\/a> over a three-day period, and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport was briefly shut down in January when a drone was spotted over the nearby airport in Teterboro.<\/p>

Sound the Alarm<\/h2>

Operating a drone without a license in Dubai is illegal, and similar laws<\/a> have been enacted by the U.S. government.<\/p>

But apparently all it takes is one guy in the desert to interrupt the world’s largest international airport. So in the meantime, Fortune reports<\/a><\/em>, airports like Gatwick are running drills to minimize delays and interruptions next time a drone sails by.<\/p>

READ MORE: <\/strong>Drone Scare Grounds Flights at Dubai Airport<\/a> [The Wall Street Journal<\/em>]<\/p>

More on drones: New FAA Rules Could Make Drones Vastly More Annoying<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>

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